Legal Opinion
Falcon Drilling Co. v. Transamerican Energy, Ltd.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 14, 1993No. W92-1133PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNOLL, Judge.
The very limited legal question presented in this writ application is whether a partnership creditor can sue the partnership and the general partner in the same suit.
On April 5, 1991, Falcon Drilling Company, L.P. (Falcon) brought suit against Transamerican Energy Limited, III (Trans-american), a Texas partnership, for the collection of money allegedly due it on open account and to have a mineral lien recognized. Transamerican then filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code. In connection with Transamerican’s plan of reorganization, the Bankruptcy Court ordered that…
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